on wednesday, we looked at the cases of native american activist leonard peltier and chelsea manning. tomorrow, we will talk about puerto rican independence activist oscar lopez rivera. today we look at another request for presidential pardon. this one from the family of marcus garvey. a pioneering figure in the black freedom struggle in the early 20th century who inspired generations of civil rights activist a around the world. in the 1920's come fbi director j edgar hoover targeted garvey for his political activity as a leader of the pan-african movement. garvey was convicted in 1923 on a charge of mail fraud and sentenced to five years in jail. his charges and conviction effectively ended garvey's political movement and eventually led to his deportation back to jamaica. this is marcus garvey's son dr. julius garvey of the justice for garvey movement, announcing thte -- speakining i in august.. >> the civil rights movement started with marcus garvey. it is acknowlededged by brother malcolm m and martinin luther kg anand historyry. the president stands on that foundation. so we rank